Leviticus 26:18 (YLT)

Passage

`And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:16 I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

Leviticus 26:17 and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

Leviticus 26:18 `And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

Leviticus 26:19 and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

Leviticus 26:20 and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hearken", "added", "chastise", "seven", "times", and "sins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hearken" and "added", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "and I have set My face against..." into verse 19's "and I have broken the pride of...", so "hearken" and "added" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hearken" and "added" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.